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TRANS CARGO LINES INC

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Company CheckTRANS CARGO LINES INC · DOT 3763863

31 SEQUOIA RD, HAWTHORN WDS, IL, 60047

DOT# 3763863 MC# 1341026 Hawthorn Wds, Illinois 4 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Oct 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Aug 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 8 violations (no OOS).
Jan 29, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 6, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 3

Current
Active insurance on file through BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY ($750).
Aug 8, 2026
Insurance on file through BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY ($750).
Aug 8, 2026
Insurance policy cancelled (BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address31 SEQUOIA RD, HAWTHORN WDS, IL, 60047

Mailing Address31 SEQUOIA RD, HAWTHORN WDS, IL, 60047-1934

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1341026

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.37 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 10.85 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage156,561 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective08/08/2025

CompanyBENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #FLCA-1926-04989

Last checked10/29/2026

Active Policies1

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers6

Mileage156,561 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15009/2026

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

4 · 0 OOS -

2025

3 · 0 OOS =

2026

5 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2026, 10 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

17 roadside violations across 10 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/13/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
02/25/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEENSBURY NY	8	0	0	8	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUTTE MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	115 EB I-80 VAN METER, IA	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAJON SCALES	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
08/29/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT COLLINS CO	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WIBAUX MT	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	TEXICO PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BILLINGS MT	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/19/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-SANDWICH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections10

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	7954492	$750,000	08/08/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04989	$750,000	08/08/2025	08/08/2026	-
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	KMC1065197	$750,000	08/08/2024	08/08/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	KMC1065197	$750,000	08/08/2023	08/08/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	KMC1065197	$750,000	08/08/2022	08/08/2023	Cancelled

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	7954492	$750,000	08/08/2026

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1341026	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/18/2022	-	-
MC1341026	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/14/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/06/2025
MC1341026	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/12/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/07/2024
MC1341026	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/07/2023

No revocation records.

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97/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

TRANS CARGO LINES INC

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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